"The solution [for Republicans] is to admit that Bush was a bad president, stop this racist homophobic stuff, stop trying to give most of the tax cuts to the rich, propose a real alternative to Obamacare that actually works, and propose smart free market solutions to our economic problems." - Distraff

"Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility." - Paul Ryan

--Break up large financial institutions into smaller units to facilitate more explicit and detailed fundamental risk management, as opposed to an approach based on sheer size and diversifying into every activity regardless of its harms

--Re-regulation of international finance including capital controls, increased scrutiny of financial derivatives, likely along the lines of Basel II

--Prevent corporate tax evasion by demanding financial reporting and by clamping down on tax havens.

That is the "Green New Deal". ^

"The solution [for Republicans] is to admit that Bush was a bad president, stop this racist homophobic stuff, stop trying to give most of the tax cuts to the rich, propose a real alternative to Obamacare that actually works, and propose smart free market solutions to our economic problems." - Distraff

"Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility." - Paul Ryan

--Break up large financial institutions into smaller units to facilitate more explicit and detailed fundamental risk management, as opposed to an approach based on sheer size and diversifying into every activity regardless of its harms

--Re-regulation of international finance including capital controls, increased scrutiny of financial derivatives, likely along the lines of Basel II

--Prevent corporate tax evasion by demanding financial reporting and by clamping down on tax havens.

That is the "Green New Deal". ^

I can google, ya know :)

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First Contra becomes conservative, then LK becomes Green? WHAT IS GOING ONNNNNN!!!!I love her decentralization and stuff. I'm voting for Obama though, just so Romney doesn't win.

#UnbanTheMadman

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Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights..."

At 8/23/2012 11:41:51 PM, Lordknukle wrote:But then again, her views of social justice are a little unnerving.

If only there was a socially libertarian party with fiscally conservative views, but not so much as to give a giant middle finger to the environment and say "the private sector will figure it out."

Her Green New Deal is not libertarian. The decentralizing gov't part is, but her actual plan is not.

--Government-led investment in energy efficiency and microgeneration

So, have government create alternative energy infrastructure to compete with the private sector? This would be unfair to the energy companies, as they must (GE being the exception) pay taxes, and have all other costs, and cause the industry to become, eventually, nationalized.

Incentivizing the private sector to create clean, renewable energy to improve public health, reduce global warming, and create millions of high wage, high skill jobs, will help America's economy vastly, but by improving the market economy, instead of instilling a gov't led energy sector, which would adversely harm the economy.

--Low-carbon infrastructure redevelopment as a job creation strategy

Green retrofits, that are not voluntary or gov't led, instead.

--A directed windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies (already established in Norway) with expanding renewable energy and energy efficiency investment

Maybe, but only a low rate. A high rate will make oil companies increase prices to keep their profits stable. This will cause higher oil prices, and cause a negative ripple effect through the economy.

Mandatory lower bank rates is not a good idea. First, it involves a potentially corrupt gov't giving special interests special bank treatment, a large gateway for corruption. The market will set interest rates at the optimal rate, based on their risk.

--Break up large financial institutions into smaller units to facilitate more explicit and detailed fundamental risk management, as opposed to an approach based on sheer size and diversifying into every activity regardless of its harms

Deregulation, and free markets would work instead. First, free entry allows competition to occur, and prevents pure monopolies. Regulation has facilitated monopolies much more than the free market has.

--Re-regulation of international finance including capital controls, increased scrutiny of financial derivatives, likely along the lines of Basel II

Ok, regulate financial derivatives, and hold bankers liable to their customers whose money they are using, like they should of done.

--Prevent corporate tax evasion by demanding financial reporting and by clamping down on tax havens.

Ok.

I do support some simple, principle based regulations when it comes to global warming and air quality, such as limiting the amount of mercury released in our air, preventing widespread CFC's, but you have to simplify the regulations to make it effective and efficient.

"The solution [for Republicans] is to admit that Bush was a bad president, stop this racist homophobic stuff, stop trying to give most of the tax cuts to the rich, propose a real alternative to Obamacare that actually works, and propose smart free market solutions to our economic problems." - Distraff

"Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility." - Paul Ryan